![A woman standing in front of a tree](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0044/599489/Sara-thumbnail.png)
19 Dec 2024
'A lightbulb can't shine if the cable is broken'
When a light goes out, people often assume the bulb is blown. But what if someth...
![](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0037/599734/Gastric-cancer-thumbnail.png)
16 Dec 2024
Call for action against gastric cancer precursor
Addressing poor management of a preventable cause of gastric cancer will lead to...
![head and shoulders of two men and one woman](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0041/599684/Royal-Soceity-2024-thumbnail.png)
13 Dec 2024
Mid-career researchers honoured with fellowships
Three University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka researchers have received inaug...
![Two women standing next to each other](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0039/599646/thumbnail-1.png)
13 Dec 2024
Te reo higher education project gains funding
Te reo Māori revitalisation movements are increasing the numbers of fluent Māori...
![](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0043/599389/Hussain-thumbnail.png)
12 Dec 2024
Sense of belonging 'crucial' for immigrants
Hussain Raissi, a refugee from Afghanistan, will graduate with a PhD on Saturday...
![Researchers analyse layers in a trench near the Nevis-Cardrona Fault.](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0037/599275/NCF-2-image-650.png)
11 Dec 2024
New research updates old earthquake theory
A new study reveals the likelihood of a future earthquake occurring along the Ne...
![Clocktower dawn thumbnail](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0024/556350/Clocktower-dawn-thumbnail.png)
10 Dec 2024
Otago announces 33 new professors
Thirty University of Otago academics are being promoted to the position of Profe...
![Jonathan Martin and whanau](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0041/598991/Jonathan-Martin-and-whanau-thumbnail-650.png)
08 Dec 2024
Community need drives specialisation
After graduating in 2018, Jonathan Martin (Tūhoe, Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Kahungunu...
![Christchurch Professor Christine Winterbourn](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0046/598879/Christine-Winterbourn-image-650.jpg.png)
06 Dec 2024
UOC researcher honoured with lifetime achievement award
Esteemed University of Otago, Christchurch Professor Christine Winterbourn (ONZM...
![Close up of the Clocktower clock at jaunty angle.](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0025/496240/Clocktower-clock-face-angle-thumbnail-650.jpg)
05 Dec 2024
Marsden Fund changes ‘significant step backwards’
The University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka is deeply concerned to learn that...
![Professor Tim Stokes](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0029/598511/Tim-Stokes-thumbnail.png)
05 Dec 2024
Congratulations doctor, doctor, doctor
If you think graduating once as a doctor is a big achievement, try three times.
![Linda Holloway](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0033/598731/Linda-Holloway-thumbnail.png)
05 Dec 2024
Former PVC ‘overwhelmed’ by University honour
Sixty years after graduating for the first time, a leading pathologist will cros...